Adhyaya 143
Chapter 143 — Worship of Kubjikā (कुब्जिकापूजा)
This chapter shifts from mantras and medicinal remedies to a Śākta-tantric victory rite within the Yuddhajayārṇava. The Lord teaches a stepwise (krama) worship of Kubjikā as “sarvārtha-sādhanī,” able to accomplish comprehensive aims, including success in battle when joined with consecrated substances—especially ājya/ghee—and weapon-empowerment. The rite is technically framed through chakra-pūjā markers, bīja syllables, and a nyāsa that installs mantras on bodily loci (secret organ, hand, heart, head), transforming the practitioner into a consecrated field of power. This power is then externalized into a maṇḍala: astra, kavaca, netra, śikhā and related mantras are stationed in the directional quarters, while an essential multi-syllabic bīja is स्थापित in a 32-petalled core. The ritual expands by pantheon-logic: the Mātṛkās emanate from Caṇḍikā’s supremacy; sacred pīṭhas and directional placements are invoked; and the Vimalapañcaka is distributed across quarters and peaks. It concludes with an ordered mandala population—Gaṇapati/Vaṭuka, gurus, nāthas, and surrounding deities—centering Kubjikā (and Kulaṭā) as the constant focus of sequential worship for protection, mastery, and dharmically framed victory.
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A krama (sequential) Kubjikā worship that combines chakra-pūjā, nyāsa (body-installation of mantras), and maṇḍala-based directional placements of protective and weapon mantras (kavaca, netra, astra, śikhā, etc.).
The Māyā-bīja is placed on the secret organ; the ṣaṭkarma-astra is assigned to the hand; “Kālī, Kālī” is placed on the heart; and “Duṣṭa-cāṇḍālikā” is placed on the head.
It frames Kubjikā worship as sarvārtha-sādhanī and explicitly links success over adversaries to consecrated empowerment—weaponization through mantra (astra), protection through kavaca, and correct directional/mandala deployment.
Mantras are stationed by quarters (dik): kavaca and netra are centralized, astra is distributed to directions, and a specific essential bīja-string is installed in a 32-petalled core (karṇikā), establishing a layered protective grid.
The chapter invokes the Mātṛkās arising from Caṇḍikā, the Vimalapañcaka distributed across quarters/peaks, and a populated mandala including Gaṇapati/Vaṭuka, gurus, nāthas, and surrounding deities with Kubjikā at the center.